Chembo Corniel

Live music is a huge improvement on canned music, which takes up valuable pantry space and often spoils into noxious free jazz. Keep it fresh with this GrouponLive deal to see Chembo Corniel at Drom in the Village. For $28, you get a music and dinner package (a $59 value) that includes:

One general-admission ticket

A Caribbean dinner

One rose<p>

Choose from the following shows:
* Friday, May 11, at 6 p.m.
* Friday, May 11, at 8:30 p.m.
* Sunday, May 13, at 5 p.m.
* Sunday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m.<p>

Internationally renowned Puerto Rican musician Chembo Corniel brings his Grammy-nominated jazz quintet to the exotic global enclave of Drom, which the Village Voice voted Best New Dance Club of 2011. Corniel dishes out sultry rhythms on the congas and other percussive instruments as festive piano, lucid upright bass, and freewheeling saxophone and drums swirl around him. The band mixes jazz and Latin melodies for a sonic mélange that spurs guests to sweeping romantic gestures such as proposing at a PTA meeting. Under an ornate chandelier, toe-tapping attendees dive into a Caribbean dinner of rotisserie chicken, rice, beans, sweet plantain, potatoes, and salad. A rose for each lady present lets dates know they are loved and provides a gourmet lunch for their pet bumblebee at home.